Schuff Steel installed the first beams for the team and office building, and none other than newly-minted head coach Mark Watson, Quakes President Dave Kaval and GM John Doyle signed the first cross beam.

We visited the new stadium construction site with Quakes prez Dave Kaval the other day, and it turns out there is a lot more excavating to be done than we originally thought. Just check out the photos below.

The old FMC building foundation wall:

One of three concrete bunkers found on the site. It wasn't an easy task for the construction crew to rip these suckers out.

The trouble with digging below the water line. You run into water. A lot of it.

Kaval inspecting the ground water:

Get a first hand look at these giant concrete pillars (at least 100 of them) found on site. Check out Kaval's vine.

These giant metal objects weren't easy to pull out of the ground either:

The first permits for construction on the new stadium site have been approved and fans can expect to see prep work at 1125 Coleman Ave. as early as next week. The group handling the site prep is Campanella in conjunction with the project's general contractor, Devcon Construction.

Per the club's initial timeline, site prep wasn't scheduled to begin until Thursday, Feb. 28, but club president Dave Kaval confirmed that fans could see action on the site as early as Monday. Construction equipment is now on site.